Over 1 ton of charitable aid from the faithful of Dnipro city churches was delivered to the Svyatogorsk Lavra, which has housed hundreds of refugees since fighting began in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
In 1609, during devastation of the city of Uglich, Abbess Anastasia and the sisters of Holy Theophany Monastery were tortured and killed. The abbess was later canonized as a saint.
The church, along with the Catholic Church of the Holy Family, is one of the last safe places in Gaza, but food supplies at St. Porphyrios are rapidly depleting, with only an estimated 1.5 months of supplies remaining.
His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church traveled to Canada to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in Montreal this past weekend.
The first service in 200 years was recently held in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord at the St. Cyril of White Lake Monastery